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M15 Workshops
Tuesday, February 10
Workshop Session 1 (S1): 11:00am - 12:00pm
Room
2101
Title
Presenter(s)
Daily Discipleship: There's an App Arnie Cole, Andy Zawacki
For That
Description
Later Repeat
Through the power of smartphone technology, pastors have the ability to disciple their
congregation on a daily basis. Presenters will share the research and analytics behind the
effectiveness of this technology and how it can be utilized by your church to encourage daily
Bible engagement and spiritual growth.
Karen Westerfield-Tucker is a sacramental and historical theologian exploring the importance of
hymnody for the Wesley brothers and how our singing today forms and shapes the Church.
2102A
Charles Wesley's Eucharistic
Hymns: Connection between
Hymnody, Theology, and Mission
Karen Westerfield-Tucker
2102B
Best Practices of Sunday School
and Small Group Leaders
Eric Bryant
Christian education is the foundation of the Church. Having gifted and skilled Sunday School and
small group leaders will make that foundation strong. Best practices of effective Sunday School
and small group leaders will be explored in this session.
2103A
Evangelism after Christendom
Bryan Stone
2103B
Pastoral Counseling
Todd Frye, Scott Koeneman,
Wayne Nelson, Roy Rotz,
Judith Schwanz
This workshop will look at the theology and practice of Christian witness in a post-modern,
North American twenty-first century context.
One of the key roles of the pastor is that of counselor. Whether working with families, couples,
or individuals, pastoral counseling takes an increasing amount of energy, time, and training. This
workshop will explore this vital function within the pastoral arena.
2104A
Holiness and the Mission of the
Triune God
Tom Noble
2104B
Mission, Culture, & Church:
Tim Suttle
Faithful Ministry in a Postmodern,
Post- Christian Context
2105
Ministry-Centered Theology:
Montague R. Williams, Dean Daily ministers find themselves challenged to engage life and ministry theologically. The
Cultivating a Mutual Relationship G. Blevins
following workshop provides a specific model within practical theology to guide ministry
Between Theory and Practice
observations and actions based on both contextual awareness and theological convictions. The
workshop also offers an overview of alternative approaches that respond to diverse ministry
settings.
What has holiness to do with the Triune God? And what does the Triune God have to do with
the mission of the Church of the Nazarene? This workshop looks at the way in which our
fundamental Wesleyan beliefs about God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - provide the basis for our
engagement in world mission at home and abroad. Sponsored by NTS.
The drive to be a success by the standards of the world often crowds out the qualities of
goodness, virtue, and faithfulness that should define Christian leadership. In today’s church,
successful leadership is often judged by what works, while persistent faithfulness takes a back
seat. In their pursuit of this warped vision, church leaders end up embracing a narrative that
runs counter to the sacrificial call of the gospel. Subverting that false narrative is the subject of
this session. Sponsored by NTS.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2201
Title
Capturing the Hispanic Heart
Presenter(s)
Sam Flores
Description
Hispanics populations are expected to grow 167 percent from 2015 to 2050, compared to 42
percent for the total population (Neilson 2012 report). Discover some aspects of the rapidly
changing and diverse United States Hispanic culture in order to reach Spanish-speaking
Hispanics without forgetting the "Ambicultural Hispanics".
2202
How to Win Korean American
Souls
Stephen BongHa Lee
This workshop will equip you to better understand and communicate with Korean speaking
people and understand Korean culture. This workshop will give helpful information such as
infographics of the Korean population in order to help you start a Korean Ministry from scratch.
2203
Growing an Engaged Church
Through Strengths Discovery &
Development
Getting on the Right Path with
Your Workplace Savings Plan
Daryl Johnson
What if your church members were more likely to serve, invite others, give more and have
greater life satisfaction? Learn how to empower your people to better serve through discovery
and development of their strengths.
This workshop will help participants understand the many unique benefits of the Nazarene
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403(b) Retirement Savings Plan. It will identify plan features and investment options. It will also
touch on how to manage debt and create a budget to facilitate retirement saving.
2204
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
Mark Lail
2205
Understanding Generational
Giving Trends
2206
Endowment Laboratory: How
Don Lain
Every Church Can Have an
Endowment Fund and Why Every
Church Should
How to Minister to Haitians in
Pascal Permis
Your Community
Winning Blacks to Christ and the Charles Tillman
Church of the Nazarene
2207
2208
2209
JESUS Film Ambassadors Helping
Fulfill the Great Commission
John Cunningham
2210
Evangelismo
Leonel DeLeon
2211
Do You Want to Hear from a
Missionary? Deputation
Scheduling
Molly Cole
Later Repeat
Previous generations were satisfied with simply giving, but newer generations require a deeper S5-2205
understanding of the organizations they give to. Learn about the needs of different generations
and how you can ensure their faithful gifts.
Learn how investment income from endowments can help fund your ministry for years beyond S5-2206
the initial gift. Discover the wisdom of long-term gift planning and how adding even a small
percentage of income can make a significant difference in ministry.
This workshop will show ways to reach out to Haitians, start new churches, and develop a viable
ministry that can reproduce itself.
This workshop will address methodologies on how to effectively reach Blacks for Christ.
Presenter will discuss differences in worship, preaching and cultural ideology.
You will learn a creative way your local church can help fulfill the Great Commission by
supplying evangelical tools to front lines ministries. You will be equipped with information to
pray for overseas teams AND even go on a trip to deliver much needed equipment and other
evangelistic tools to waiting national teams. Are you ready for a mission experience with the
JESUS Film? Sponsored by JFHP.
Un enfoque bíblico Teológico de la dinámica práctica de la evangelización, con proyección a la
transformación social. Define lo que es y lo que no es evangelización y la importancia de que sea
el modo de vida de la iglesia y no como una acción eventual o programada.
Learn the easy way to schedule a missionary for a service or Faith Promise, identify different
venues to have a missionary share, and explore ways you can be a good host for missionaries
and they can be great aids for your ministry!
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M15 Workshops
Room
2215A
Title
The 3 Most Important Tasks of a
Pastor as Leader
2215B
Biker Ministry Is More than Having David Middendorf and NMF
a Biker Sunday
Advisory Council Members
2215C
Presenting the Case for the
Nazarene Stance on Alcohol to
Today's Culture
Ron Benefiel, Todd Bowman,
Rusty Brian, Jim Copple,
Dianna Hayden, Jacob Lett,
Bud Reedy, Dan Spaite
The Church of the Nazarene has held a position of total abstinence in regard to alcohol
consumption from its inception. This panel of pastors, clinicians, doctors, professors, and church
leaders will candidly discuss how our church can best present and advocate for this historic
position in a culture that increasingly pressures our members to devalue this stance.
3501A
Honoring and Learning from the
Past: Compassionate Ministries
Jerry Kester
3501B
Children's Ministry "Coaching" in
Ministry Development
Katy Weber
3501C
Leading Students to Justice:
Brooklyn Lindsey
Teaching and Modeling Missional
Living in Your Youth Ministry
A round-table conversation with ministry leaders who have served in compassionate ministries
for years. Learn from their successes and failures. Access their collective wisdom. Capture the
principles you can take back to your context.
Are you coaching your team for growth? Are you mentoring your "Joshua" or "Timothy"? In
scripture we learn to encourage and equip those who are coming behind us. This workshop will
give you key tools to bringing up the next generation of leaders and team builders in your
ministry.
Emily, a middle schooler in Lakeland, Florida, taught us all what it means to seek justice and to
love mercy beyond her summer mission trip experience. Hear her inspiring story and gain
courage to follow in her footsteps. Whatever your status, full-time ministry leader, volunteer, or
student, you'll walk away ready to move from maintenance to mission in your youth ministry.
3501D
Vision and Strategies to Achieve
Church Growth
3501E
Loving Your Neighbors to Jesus
3501F
Coaching Church Planters
3501G
Immigrant Communities: Hope for Michael Lynch, Teresa
the Declining Church
Stecker
Utilizing Motivation and Influence Janet Reeder
to Transform Your Team
3501H
Presenter(s)
Jon Hauser
Description
A leader positions an organization for growth. In this workshop we will consider the 3 vital roles
of a pastor which position a church to “go and make disciples": Building Culture, Reading and
Leading Momentum, and Keeping it Simple.
Members of the Nazarene Motorcycle Fellowship Advisory Council will share why even though
having a Biker Sunday is a great event for your church, it does not mean you have an active
ministry to Bikers in your community. Learn what an active ministry to bikers looks like? And
how to grow a ministry to bikers that will make a lasting impact.
Gerald Elson
Later Repeat
A review of global trends and their impact on Christian churches. What leaders must do to
achieve success for their enterprise. Review of business tools that companies use to define a
realistic vision and develop a winning strategic plan. Concludes with a model for the steps
required to implement successful change.
Joseph Knight
Participants will learn practical do’s and don'ts for sharing the Good News of God’s love with
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followers from non-Christian religious backgrounds.
Kim Richardson, Steve Ottley Church Planters who receive coaching are more effective in fulfilling the Great Commission.
What characteristics are vital in coaching? What leads to greatest effectiveness? This workshop
will address these questions in an interactive context.
How simply opening church doors to new people groups can have an immediate impact on your
local ministry and revive churches of any size.
Whether you lead a church staff, board, committee, Sunday School Class, a workplace team or a
family, Janet's teaching on how to utilize motivation and influence will provide insight for
transforming your group toward excellence and unity.
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M15 Workshops
Room
Title
Presenter(s)
Description
Later Repeat
Workshop Session 2 (S2): 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Room
2101
Title
If Jesus Were a Parent
Presenter(s)
Hal and Debbi Perkins
Description
Jesus invited Peter, James and John to "be with Him," like family. The ways He discipled them
becomes a marvelous model for parents and grandparents to disciple those who live "with
them." Jesus' message and method of discipling are demonstrated in this workshop.
2102A
Baptism: The Waters that Heal
and Initiate Into the Church
Brent Peterson, Heather
Daugherty, Brad Estep
This workshop will explore the gift and healing of baptism. Theological and practical helps will
be offered to encourage the celebration of Baptism to take on a greater vibrancy in the local
church. New liturgies will be offered exploring reaffirmation, infant, and adult baptism.
2102B
Building a Process of Discipleship
that will Unleash Exponential
Growth in Your Church
Brent Hofen
Discipleship leads to incredible growth within the church. In this workshop, you will learn how to
develop a discipleship process within your church or ministry that will lead to new salvations,
addictions broken, marriages restored and exponential growth within the church.
2103A
If I Ever Pastor Again...
Dan Boone
2103B
Real Families of Faith
Diana R. Garland
2104A
Holiness and God’s Concern for
the Marginalized
Roger Hahn
2104B
Hospitable Church: Ecclesial
Conversation for a New
Generation
Shawna Songer Gaines
Having moved from the pastorate to university administration, I am rethinking how I would lead
a congregation to be effective disciples in their workplaces. Join me as we think about living out
our faith by the way we work.
The Good News of Jesus is that in Christ, all of us are to find real family. In this workshop Diana
Garland will draw on biblical narrative and social scientific research to reveal what makes a real
family, and the role of the church has in forming and strengthening families in today’s
challenging world.
The theme of God’s call to his people to be holy is well known. God’s concern for the poor, the
alien, and other marginalized peoples is also well known. What is less known is how these two
themes interconnect within the Scriptures. This workshop will explore that interconnection.
Sponsored by NTS.
Why are so many 20- and 30-something Christians disappearing from the church? They are told
how much the church wants young people, yet there is growing suspicion among young
believers about who is in and who is out of the scope of Christian orthodoxy. Through this
suspicion, a rift between the generations has emerged. In the face of frustration, of being cut
out because they don t seem to fit, young believers often take their gifts and leave the church.
This book helps those who feel displaced by this generational collision find a sense of place and
welcome with a church that is still becoming all that God wants it to be. Sponsored by NTS.
2105
A Heritage of Holiness, a Heart for Steven Hoskins
Mission: A New Video Curriculum
on Nazarene History and Polity
This workshop introduces the video curriculum "A Heritage of Holiness, A Heart for Mission,"
produced by Grace and Peace Magazine and Trevecca Nazarene University. The video series
explores the history and polity of the Church of the Nazarene and is a supplement to university
and COSAC courses and as an introduction to the topics for those in Sunday School classes and
local church membership courses. The video series will be available free of charge on the Grace
and Peace website.
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Later Repeat
M15 Workshops
Room
2201
Title
How to Reach Armenians and
Start New Ministries in the
USA/Canada
How to Reach Samoans with the
Gospel of Jesus
Presenter(s)
Paul Doctorian, John
Tashjian, Hrag Karageozian
Description
Learn ways to identity and reach out to the growing populations of Armenians in communities
near you!
Taulima Oge
2203
Reaching Native American
Communities
John Nells
2204
Building a Portfolio for Any
Weather
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
This workshop will help the participant understand the Samoan, their culture, their specific
challenges and the best approach of reaching the Samoan in the USA/Canada with the Gospel of
Jesus.
This workshop will help identify areas of ministry opportunities and partnerships within Native
American communities. The Native American, First Nations peoples, have been the hidden
people. Now evangelism opportunities have become more readily available through intentional
endeavors. Perhaps God is calling you to partner in bringing our Native American peoples to
Jesus.
This workshop will help participants make educated decisions regarding their investment
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portfolios by discussing the principles of asset allocation, diversification, and risk vs. return
potential. They will be shown how to build an investment strategy that lines up with their goals.
Specific plan features of the Nazarene 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan will be highlighted as well.
2206
Legacy Ministry: Maximizing the
Harvest of Legacy and Estate
Gifting
Mark Lail
2207
An Introduction to Reaching
Filipinos in the USA/Canada
Spiritual Formation: Developing
Faithful Disciples
Rodrigo Quema
2209
Intergenerational Ministry
Opportunities
Rusty Robbins
2210
Líder en Todo Tiempo y en Todo
Lugar
Orlando R. Serrano
Este taller parte de la premisa que todos llevamos por dentro un líder que necesita surgir y ve el
liderazgo como un estilo de vida y no una función o posición. Consideraremos cuatro principios
indispensable que al aplicarlos pueden transformar nuestra vida y nuestro liderazgo.
2211
Five Essential Practices for
Effective Global Partnerships
David Wesley, Grant Christy
The key to a healthy congregational mission partnership is establishing healthy relationships
between the guest and host partners. This workshop will explore healthy relational dynamics
that are necessary for a strong foundation for effective, long-term, cross-cultural partnerships.
Presenters will also share helpful resources to equip your church for a healthy partnership.
2202
2208
Mark Maddix
Later Repeat
Designed for pastors, this session will outline a year-long plan for informing your congregation S6-2206
about planned giving options to help fund both your local church and the ministries of the
Church of the Nazarene. You’ll receive ideas that you can implement in your church during each
month of the year.
The workshop will focus on how to effectively minister to Filipinos in the USA/Canada.
The workshop will explore a definition of spiritual formation and the associated practices
needed in order for someone to be formed and transformed into a faithful disciple. Attention
will be given to engaging in a holistic approach to spiritual formation that includes inward,
outward, and corporate practices.
Young and mature alike can help share Christ to the four corners of the world on a JESUS Film
Ministry Trip. The Great Commission is a multi-generational call! Learn where your church
family can engage in hands-on evangelism, equip nationals for long-term ministry, and return
with a renewed passion for missions. Sponsored by JFHP.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2215A
Title
Who's Got Your Back? Biblical
Lessons on Leadership
Presenter(s)
Eddie Estep
Description
Fast-paced change presents new challenges for leaders, but biblical principles about leadership
and relationships are timeless. The leader is shaped, and shapes, through relationships.
Nowhere is this more evident that in the life of David. We will explore leadership lessons you
can learn from his relationships with friends, family, and foes.
2215B
Building a Church Through Foster Don Ballard
Care and Adoption Ministry
This year over 400,000 children are in US foster care placements. Over 100,000 of those kids are
available for immediate adoption. There were over 3 million calls reporting child abuse across
the country. These children are in your community and go to your schools. Some attend your
church and are a part of your youth group. How can the church help and where do we start?
2215C
A Framework For Multicultural
Ministry
Junior Sorzano, Samuel
Chung, Lynn Nichols
This panel discussion workshop identifies present realities of multicultural ministry; three
different church models in the context of North American cities and communities. Today's
churches must engage in designing and implementing effective church ministry to the firstgeneration immigrant as well as their children and grandchildren (2nd and 3rd generations). Our
goal is to also assist in casting a vision for multicultural and multi-congregational churches.
3501A
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Zekarias Asfaw
3501B
Creating Balance in a Hyper-Driven Errol Carrim
World
The workshop will discuss how water, sanitation and hygiene projects contribute in
transforming the lives of communities.
Leadership – at any level – is demanding, especially in this hyper-driven world. The purpose of
this workshop is to help you as a leader explore ways to slow down and create breathing room
in your schedule in ways that allow you to attend to all areas of your life. The goal is to help you
live and lead a more balanced life with purpose, vision, passion, and excellence.
3501C
Sticky Faith: Helping Our
Teenagers Love God and the
Church
Keegan Lenker
This seminar will look specifically at the research surrounding Sticky Faith, the relationship to
the local church, and ministry into the future. The hope is to give attendees a look at the
important elements that can help each contextualize this research in their local context in order
to assist in developing long-term faith in teenagers.
3501D
Developing the Leader and
Leaders for Cowboy Churches
Rob McDonald (Panelists)
3501E
Intentional Missional Focus:
Transitioning from Inward to
Outward
Kevin McDonald
3501F
How to Start Healthy, Strong,
Growing, Reproducing New
Churches
Mark J Bane, Sam Flores
In every new church there are always issues around who will be the leader and how will other
leaders in the church be identified and developed. What are the pitfalls of leadership and how
can they be avoided.
This workshop explores how to take a church from being inward-focused to outward-focused.
Topics include: How to help leaders recognize the need for this focus, Modeling this transition,
Steps for people to follow the transition from Inward to Outward, Fulfilling the call to "GO,"
Practical ideas for this transition
This seminar will provide simple, practical and inexpensive practices to assist District
Superintendents, pastors, church planters, and other leaders in planting new churches with the
highest percentage chance of success, growth, and reproduction.
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Later Repeat
M15 Workshops
Room
3501G
Title
The Weak Church: Prayer,
Weakness, and the Tabernacling
of God
Presenter(s)
Corey Jones
3501H
Engaging College Students in
Ministry
Kenny Wade, Kenton Lee
Description
Later Repeat
Weakness is a theme throughout the Bible. What is revealed in scriptures is that God is drawn to
human weaknesses rather than strengths. This workshop tracks the story of weakness in the life
of Israel, Jesus, and the early church and describes what a truly Weak Church looks like today.
Corporate prayer is at the heart of overcoming weakness and the main mechanism to draw
God's presence and power.
Church leaders everywhere are asking how they can engage emerging adults in the life of the
church. If our response to this consists of being attractional, hosting events, and having every
age group represented in a church building setting we have missed the point. Invitation to God's
mission, depth of relationship, and flexibility with the flow of life are essential.
Workshop Session 3 (S3): 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Room
2101
Title
Building Effective Ministry to
Single Parents
2102A
Eucharist: A Meal of Celebration,
Healing, and Missional
Empowerment
Intergenerational Ministry in the
Local Church
2102B
2103A
Homosexuality and the Church
2103B
LOGOS: Bible Software
Presentation
2104A
Holiness, the Missional Church
and Immigration
2104B
Practices of Christian Formation
for Young Adults
Presenter(s)
David and Lisa Frisbie
Description
Later Repeat
Single-parent families are one of the fastest-growing household types in North America. How
can churches reach single parents with effective help and authentic hope? What can your
church do?
Jim Fitzgerald, Brannon
This workshop explores the gift of the Lord's Supper. This workshop will explore some new
Hancock, Brent Peterson
liturgies developed for the Church of the Nazarene along with theological and practical helps for
the celebration of the Lord's Supper in the local church.
Keegan Lenker
Intergenerational ministry is having a profound impact on local churches. This topic will look at
Intergenerational Ministry and the importance it has for the local church now and into the
future.
Dan Boone
Holy love calls for a response to same-sex attracted persons that is in keeping with our
understanding of scripture. Not an easy task. Let's start a conversation that isn't likely to end
anytime soon.
Anthony Conlon
One of the leading producers of Bible software will share tips and techniques from the latest
LOGOS products. Logos is the smartest way to study the Word. With easy-to-use tools and a
massive theological library, Logos 6 delivers insight. Pinpoint answers in seconds, study the
Word in its cultural context, uncover meaning in the original languages, and answer questions
with confidence.
Carla Sunberg and Nazarene Tom Nees helped the Church of the Nazarene understand its missional roots in the area of
Theological Student
Compassionate Ministry. Every year NTS provides an award in honor of Tom Nees and his
missional work. This workshop will highlight this year's award winning work presented by an
NTS student on the topic of "Holiness, the Missional Church and Immigration," along with a
conversation hosted by NTS President, Carla Sunberg. Sponsored by NTS.
Julene Tegerstrand
This workshop will explore the spiritual strengths of Millennials (born 1982-2002) and how to
partner with them in their Christian formation. You will also be invited to participate in Christian
spiritual practices designed specifically for young adult formation. Sponsored by NTS.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2105
Title
Exegeting Your Community
2201
Best Practices for Reaching South Sokurt Suos
Asians in the USA/Canada
This workshop will focus on how to effectively minister to South Asian immigrants in the
USA/Canada.
2202
Best Practices for Reaching
African/Sudanese in the
USA/Canada
Essential Church: A Wesleyan
Ecclesiology
Bleemie Zoewah, Michael
Gatkek
The workshop will focus on how to effectively minister to African/Sudanese immigrants in the
USA/Canada.
Mark Maddix, Diane Leclerc
2204
Preparing Your Savings for
Retirement
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
2205
From Zero to Steward in 7 Difficult Mark Lail
Steps
2206
Questions and Answers about
Kenneth R. Roney
Planned Giving with the
Foundation Attorney
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow:- Sam Chung, Abraham Chen,
Ministering to the Chinese
Darwin Ng, Dennis Wong
The workshop answers the question of what is the church's nature and purpose, particularly in
relationship to the triune God. It also focuses on what the church does, its functions in the
context of worship and in the world. Particular attention is given in providing practical aspects
of a Wesleyan's approach to ecclesiology.
This workshop will help participants prepare for their approaching retirement. It will discuss
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how to maximize savings while still in the workforce, how to determine what income and
expenses may look like in retirement, and the impact healthcare costs may have on retirement
savings. Finally, it will help participants consider how they might maximize their retirement
income sources.
Committed givers are invaluable ministry partners; their influence is felt throughout your church
family. How can you create a church culture that nurtures generosity and tithing? Learn to
steward God's beloved resource: His people.
In this session, you’ll get the chance to discuss your specific giving questions with the
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Foundation attorney. Both clergy and laypersons will gain valuable information about planned
giving from this discussion.
This workshop will address the following topics:- How did the Chinese come to North America?
What are the needs of the Nazarene Chinese Ministry? How can the Chinese Ministries Strategic
Readiness Team serve and equip you? How will the Chinese Ministry affect you and your
church? There will also be time for input and questions.
2203
2207
Presenter(s)
Kathy Mowry, David Wesley
2208
Reaching Arab People in the USA
Jad Ghrayyeb
2209
Engaging Your Local Church
Rusty Robbins
2210
Importancia de la Delegacion en la Rigoberto Acosta
Organizacion
Description
Kathy Mowry and David Wesley will provide a theological overview/foundation and practical
resources that help to connect pastors and lay leaders to both the importance of understanding
their community and a greater capacity to effectively do so.
Reaching Arab people in the USA for Christ presents unique religious, cultural, and social
challenges. This workshop will identify some of these issues and provide practical suggestions
to help overcome these barriers.
To reach the neighbors who live in your community, you need approaches you may not have
considered. Proven tools and strategies will be shared that your church family can use in your
city. Those people who live across the street are waiting for us to reach them with the love of
Christ. Learn where and how to get free outreach resources. Sponsored by JFHP.
Todo buen administrador de la iglesia debe saber qué delegar y qué no delegar. El no hacerlo en
la forma correcta, creará conflictos en la organización.
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Later Repeat
M15 Workshops
Room
2211
Title
Mobilizing Volunteers
Presenter(s)
Greg Taylor
2215A
Incarnational Leadership
Jesse Middendorf
3501B
Connecting with Social Media
Keith Davenport
3501C
Fresh Ideas For Youth Ministry
Forum
Brooklyn Lindsey
3501D
Developing Cowboy Churches
Jon Coe and Panelists
2215B
2215C
3501A
Description
The Church of the Nazarene is actively mobilizing individuals to participate in cross-cultural
service. Volunteers from every region are being discovered, developed and deployed to serve in
mission. This workshop will provide information on Mission Corps, Work & Witness and other
ways that the Church of the Nazarene is mobilizing volunteers.
A discussion of the Incarnation as the interpretational paradigm through which all leadership in
the Church should be viewed. For pastors and lay leaders, this workshop will address the
implications for leadership in the Church in the twenty-first century in light of the Incarnation
and recent studies in leadership.
Personal, Professional, and
Kari Taylor, Sandy Johnson, More and more children are being diagnosed with ADHD, on the autism spectrum, or with a
Pastoral Perspectives for Families Julie Keith
similar challenging diagnosis. The church's response to these families is crucial. We will be
with Special Needs Children
discussing personal, professional, and pastoral perspectives of practically ministering to families
with special needs kids. Plan to walk away with some practical applications for your church and
community.
SHIFT Stories
Daron Brown, Kevin
Praying for Church Renewal? Join SHIFT author Daron Brown in an interactive discussion about
McDonald, Joel Parsons, Phil how Nazarene churches have experienced vibrant renewal by applying the nine shifts addressed
Rhoades, Josh Robertson,
in the book.
Mark Sanford.
Human Trafficking and the Local Jamie Gates, Michelle
There is a new abolition movement on the grow with the church at its heart. Human trafficking
Church
Shoemaker
has been getting a lot of attention in the news, in government, and especially in the hearts and
minds of young people. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries is mobilizing people and resources
to support local congregations that are getting or want to get involved. Come learn about the
subject and some of the growing resources available to engage this deep injustice and to care
for those caught up in it.
Most churches have social media accounts, but few have really learned how to connect with the
70% of adults on these sites. This workshop will provide an overview and some best practices
for building relationships on social media.
Have you ever wanted to create an event flyer that didn’t look like 1997? Have you ever wished
for a bigger budget and got some gift cards to Chic-Fil-A instead? Have you said, "I want to be a
youth ministry ninja with powerful skills & resources”? If you’ve answered yes to any of these
questions, then this is your seminar. We’re combining our forces for some serious youth
ministry mojo.
Cowboy Churches reach out to those in the Western Heritage culture. People who “couldn’t
have imagined themselves in church” are able to worship in an environment where they feel
comfortable coming as they are. Nazarene Cowboy churches are growing rapidly in 9 different
states and spreading to additional areas. An interactive discussion of the principles behind
beginning an affinity group church and how a cowboy church might be right for your
community.
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Room
3501E
Title
Redefining Church to Culture
Presenter(s)
Brent Hofen
Description
Later Repeat
Most people have a definition of the church. If they are not connected to the body of Christ, it is S4-3501E
usually because an experience, the media, or a person has tainted their definition of church.
This workshop is designed to share creative ways to redefine your church to folks outside
resulting in evangelism, changed lives, and exponential growth in your church.
3501F
Lay-led Church Planting
Manoj Ingle
3501G
A Transformational Online
Experience for Discipleship and
Ministry Training
John Comstock
Church Planting Movements are characterized by multiplying churches. Many of those are
started by lay people. Learn how lay people can be trained and mobilized to impact their
communities
Discover a way to develop a discipleship process that can result in the development of ministry
leaders in any local church through a free interactive website. You will see why thousands of
laity have utilized this website to help them grow in their walk with Christ and how it can be
tailored for any local church context. Learn about the new coaching initiative as well as a mobile
app that is going to be made available to every local church for free.
3501H
Crucial Conversations that Work
Stan Reeder
If you can think of a Crucial Conversation that you need to have with a staff or board member, a
volunteer, a family member or neighbor, this workshop (taught by a Certified Crucial
Conversations Trainer) will provide proven tools for positive, constructive outcomes.
Wednesday, February 11
Workshop Session 4 (S4): 11:00am - 12:00pm
Room
2101
Title
Connecting and Ministering to
Young Adults
Presenter(s)
Thomas Tregeser
Description
Later Repeat
American Bible Society is involved in reaching the young adult population through cutting edge
technology and Scripture. In this session you will learn about some new research and digital
tools that are available through Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International
partnership with the American Bible Society.
This workshop will revisit the wonderful history of worship in the Church of the Nazarene as well
as explore its development and consider some of the new passions and flavors of the present
and future communal worship in the Church of the Nazarene.
2102A
The Past, Present, and Future of
Nazarene Worship
Steve Hoskins, Brent
Peterson
2102B
Baby Boomers: Don’t Write Our
Obituaries Yet!
Marshall Duke
People in this enormous demographic are dealing with an array of issues, but easing into the
Prime Time lifestyle is not one of them! Churches cannot afford to ignore this generation, so
how do we do ministry with/for them and what are some strategies for harnessing the potential
of this group, sometimes referred to as "the new old"?
2103A
Preaching the Faith
Dan Boone
Dan Boone will provide a theological overview/foundation and practical resources that helps to
connect pastors and leaders to both the importance of preaching for theological formation and
a greater capacity to effectively do so.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2103B
Title
How to Find or Be a Mentor and
Coach
Presenter(s)
Tom Nees
2104A
A Christian Perspective on
Immigration Law and Practice
Roger McCrummen
2104B
Evangelism with Young Adults
Keith Davenport
2105
John Wesley: His Life and Thought Timothy Crutcher
2201
A Place for All in the Kingdom of
God
2202
Church Online: Livestreaming Your Jonathan K. Twitchell
Church Service
Harness the power of the internet to reach people in your town and around the world. Learn
how a small church in Maine established a video ministry that provides spiritual nourishment for
those unable to attend a traditional Sunday morning worship service. This workshop will explore
the pros and cons, the costs and the benefits, and will summarize the necessary technology.
2203
Sticky Truth - Tell THE Story
2204
Getting on the Right Path with
Your Workplace Savings Plan
In a Teflon world, where nothing sticks, how do you get people to listen? Tell THE Story is a
storycentric methodology used by Jesus. Experience a Socratic inductive narrative methodology
that completes our literate model. Discover how to tell Bible stories in a simple, easy to
reproduce, and fun way.
This workshop will help participants understand the many unique benefits of the Nazarene
403(b) Retirement Savings Plan. It will identify plan features and investment options. It will also
touch on how to manage debt and create a budget to facilitate retirement saving.
2205
2206
Julie M. Keith
Woodie Stevens
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
How ACH Funds Your C-H-U-R-C-H Mark E. Lail, Gerry
Washington
Questions and Answers about
Planned Giving with the
Foundation Attorney
Kenneth R. Roney
Description
Later Repeat
Tom Nees is a mentor and coach for pastors and other clergy leaders. A discussion of the
importance of mentoring and coaching for pastors. Mentoring and coaching resources will be
presented.
In this workshop, we will discuss the basic legal structure of U.S. immigration law with a view to
biblical principles as well as the effects of the current law on individuals and families. Further,
we will consider some practical ways local churches are welcoming the stranger. Sponsored by
NTS.
In a world where every opinion counts and every belief acceptable, how do Christians effectively
share the Gospel with young adults? This workshop will share key theological, philosophical and,
most-of-all, practical insights on how to reach out to young adults with the good news.
Discussion topics will include both personal evangelism and church ministry models. Sponsored
by NTS.
A "New Book" worship, introducing a new resource from Beacon Hill designed to familiarize
readers with the basic biography of John Wesley and the theological intuitions that drive his
thought. The workshop will introduce the book with an overview of its contents and then
discuss various ways in which the book might profitably be used.
Individuals with special needs and their families are often disconnected and isolated from their
community. They need to know there is a place for them in the Kingdom of God. Come discover
ways for your church to reach, teach, and minister to children, youth, and adults with special
needs and their families; learn how to be an extension of God's grace in their world.
Online giving has already taken the world by storm. But what barriers, procedures, and
processes are needed for your church to join the movement? Give your check-less-givers a
chance to respond with special offerings or regular tithe 24 hours a day.
In this session, you’ll get the chance to discuss your specific giving questions with the
Foundation attorney. Both clergy and laypersons will gain valuable information about planned
giving from this discussion.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2207
Title
How to Start an Immigrant Legal
Ministry (Board of Immigration
Appeals)
Culture Trumps Religion, Every
Time
Presenter(s)
Kathleen Leslie
2209
Real Churches, Real Outreach
Rusty Robbins,
Kelly Love, Dan Riley
2210
Plantacion de Nuevas Iglesias: La
Mejor Esperanza de un Futuro
Mejor
Alberto Cesar Guang
2211
iGeneration and Missions
Kathy Mowry
2215A
Relationships Rule: Relational
Leadership in the Local Church
and Beyond
Transforming Leader Behavior
Kerry Willis
2208
2215B
2215C
What Now? What to Do After a
Congregant Says, "I'm Gay​"
3501A
Ministry in Appalachia
Oliver Phillips
Description
Later Repeat
This presentation will cover the logistics of launching an immigrant legal ministry. We will
S5-2207
specifically discuss the requirements necessary for non-attorneys to obtain government
certification that allows them to practice immigration law.
This workshop projects the premise that culture, though often ignored within the domains of
evangelism and missions in the U.S. and Canada, is critical to evangelism and church growth.
Each participant will learn to recognize the universal values within various cultures and develop
a strategy to increase his/her CQ (Cultural Intelligence.)
Panelist will share how evangelism resources from JESUS Film Harvest Partners have impacted
their local church within the walls and beyond the property line! Ample time will be available to
ask questions. Sponsored by JFHP.
Mantenes las prioridades en el orden de Dios es indispensable, la plantacion de Iglesias no debe
ser nunca un fin en si mismo. La prioridad establecida por el Señor de Señores es la salvación de
los hombres. De caso contrario corremos el riesgo de plantar iglesias como un fin en si mismo:
estas no prevalecerán. ¿Quiénes? ¿Cómo? ¿Cuando? ¿Con que? Son preguntas que deben ser
contestadas a tiempo.
What do we need to know about the iGeneration—middle schoolers and high schoolers—to
engage them in the Mission of God? 1. Learn an overview of the iGeneration and how they
learn. 2. Receive tips for appealing to their learning preferences in mission education and in
mission experiences. 3. Discover insights for the church in offering opportunities to develop the
iGeneration’s compassion and mission vision, which are often missing in their technology-based
world and relationships.
Yes, there's more than one right leadership style. However, Kerry Willis believes that if we forget
right relationships are non-negotiable essentials we will surely fail as leaders. A transparent Qand-A concludes this presentation.
David M. Church
Is your leadership style affecting your church or your organization's growth? Recent original
research using data from the Nazarene Research Center indicates that a definite correlation
exists! This seminar includes a self-assessment activity and focuses on transforming your
leadership behaviors.
Andy McGee, Sarah McGee, A panel discussion focusing on how pastors and congregations can remain true to our Nazarene
Joel Atwell, Bruce Barnard,
roots while at the same time lovingly minister in and among the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Todd Bowman, Gloria Coffin, and Transgender) community.
Letiah Fraser, Phil Hamner
Dwayne P. Mills
Hear how a neighborhood has given up on the government's 50 year response to poverty and is
now looking to the church to lead with compassion to meet the needs of rural Appalachia. Learn
principles and applications that will help you minister in your context to the very real needs of
people.
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M15 Workshops
Room
3501B
Title
Presenter(s)
From Lost to Found: Young Adults Nathan Roskam
Who Stay and the Movement They
Belong To
Description
For years, conversations have been focused on the tendency of young adults to leave the
church. Hope for changing these statistics is rooted within the challenging commission of Jesus:
make disciples. Using data from a recent study in a local church context, several years of
partnership with the Fuller Youth Institute, and a yearlong cohort study with Barna Labs, this
seminar will focus on the movement forward.
Youth ministers discovering a new era of brain research often encounter a major, controversial
view concerning neuroscience and adolescence suggesting youth prove unable to make logical,
mature, decisions. This presentation explores risk taking and provides a theological framework
for accepting both the strengths and limits of young people.
3501C
Brains on Fire: Neuroscience and
the Gift of Youth
Dean G. Blevins
3501D
Church Planting Movements
Jim Kraemer, Phil Fuller
3501E
Redefining Church to Culture
Brent Hofen
3501F
Building Bridges To Reach Your
Community for Christ
Scott Evans
In this practical workshop you will learn: Why your church must build bridges in today's culture.
How to build short term and long term bridges. Easy and affordable bridges any size church can
build. The difference between missional and attractional bridges and which one is better.
3501G
Prayer and Holiness: Making
Christlike Disciples Through the
Power of Corporate Prayer
Corey Jones
3501H
Creating an Annual Ministry
Action Plan
Dale Schaeffer
This session takes a look at the inextricable link between prayer and holiness. As E.M. Bounds
once wrote, "with the decline of the work of holiness there has come the decline of the business
of praying. As praying and holiness go together, so the decline of one, means the decay of the
other."
In this workshop you'll discover a process that will enable you to identify the most important
goals for your next ministry season, create unity in your board and staff, and develop a simple
plan to take your local church to its next level of impact.
Later Repeat
An interactive discussion of best practices resulting in the multiplication of churches across the
region.
Most people have a definition of the church. If they are not connected to the body of Christ, it is
usually because an experience, the media or a person has tainted their definition of church. This
workshop is designed to share creative ways to redefine your church to folks outside resulting in
evangelism, changed lives and exponential growth in your church.
Workshop Session 5 (S5): 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Room
2101
Title
Pastor as Educator
Presenter(s)
Larry Morris and panel
Description
Join a panel of ministry leaders as they discuss the importance of having an intentional and
integrated plan for Christian education/discipleship for every local church.
2102A
Worship in the Local Church that
is Christian, Holiness, and
Missional
Daron Brown, Deanna
Hayden, Jon Middendorf
Three local pastors will explore the important celebration of the weekly communal worship
gathering and how it shapes and forms a people to be more fully Christian, Holiness, and
Missional.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2102B
Title
Presenter(s)
Bivocational Ministry as a Blessing Tammy Condon, Jon
Twitchell, Keith Davenport,
Gabriel Yak, Joey Condon
Description
Working within the financial parameters of a local church sometimes means pastors must take
on additional means of personal income to cover living expenses. Is it possible to turn this
possible negative into a ministerial positive? This workshop will consider both ecclesiological
implications as well as very practical considerations of the growing trend of bivocationalism.
2103A
Gospel Rescue Missions:
Proclaiming “Jesus Saves”
Tracy L. Gorman, Joshua
Nichols
2103B
Passing on the Family Business
Margaret Tyler
2104A
Welcoming the Stranger: A Biblical Matthew Soerens
Framework for Thinking about
Immigration
2104B
Strength for Today, Bright Hope
Danny Quanstrom
for Tomorrow: Millennial Clergy in
a Postmodern World
The "Ministry of Rescue" plays a critical role in living out the message of social holiness and
caring for those that have the greatest need in our community. Gospel Rescue Missions are all
about Rescue, Redemption, Rehabilitation, and Re-Assimilation. Learn how your church could be
involved in, and blessed by, the "Ministry of Rescue" in your community to the least, the lonely,
and the lost.
Perhaps we've made it far too complicated to imagine the ways in which faith is passed along
from one generation to the next. In this session we will talk about parents as first and primary
pastors in the lives of children, faith shaping in the ordinary rhythms of life, a family stone, and
more.
Immigration is a complex and often controversial issue within the US. Too often, Christians who
profess that the Bible is their primary authority for thinking about any difficult topic have not
recognized that immigration is also a biblical issue. In this workshop, World Relief’s Matthew
Soerens provides an overview of how the Scriptures might inform our response. Sponsored by
NTS.
This seminar explores the findings of a survey created by and for clergy in the Church of the
Nazarene born after 1980. In broad strokes, this survey seeks to find what Millennial clergy
believe about the denomination’s theology, polity, and leadership. Sponsored by NTS.
2105
Rediscovering Christian Holiness
Diane Leclerc
2201
God's Vision for Point of Change
J. Todd Keller
2202
Vocational Discipleship
Dean G. Blevins
2203
"Kids Reaching Kids" Presents "The Dan Harris
God of the Underdogs" Vacation
Bible School
Diane Leclerc, author of "DISCOVERING CHRISTIAN HOLINESS: The Heart of Wesleyan-Holiness
Theology," will provide a theological overview/foundation that helps to connect pastors and
leaders to “the heart of Wesleyan-Holiness theology.”
When God's people pray corporately and sacrificially, His glory leads in bold ways. After crying
out for the Lord to "bring the multitudes," a group of believers in Bloomington, IL, obeyed God's
call to launch Point of Change with a missional impulse for "every member to be a minister."
After 2 years of God's provision and blessing, the call to enter and remain in the Lord's presence
daily is still "job one."
How can pastors and teachers help congregants transition from church on Sunday to work on
Monday? This workshop provides resources to help laity understand how work serves as part of
their calling, how work environments help, as well as hinder discipleship, and practices to turn
workplaces into places of discipleship.
We will be unveiling "The God of the Underdogs" Vacation Bible School plan and sharing other
ministry efforts, including the 2015 Kids Reaching Kids Mission Offering Project: In His Name.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2204
Title
Building a Portfolio for Any
Weather
Presenter(s)
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
Description
Later Repeat
This workshop will help participants make educated decisions regarding their investment
portfolios by discussing the principles of asset allocation, diversification, and risk vs. return
potential. They will be shown how to build an investment strategy that lines up with their goals.
Specific plan features of the Nazarene 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan will be highlighted as well.
2205
Understanding Generational
Giving Trends
Mark Lail
2206
Endowment Laboratory: How
Don Lain
Every Church Can Have an
Endowment Fund and Why Every
Church Should
How to start an Immigrant Legal Kathleen Leslie
Ministry (Board of Immigration
Appeals)
Can I Really Be Black, American,
Samuel Carl W. Vassel
Christian and Nazarene?
Previous generations were satisfied with simply giving, but newer generations require a deeper
understanding of the organizations they give to. Learn about the needs of different generations
and how you can ensure their faithful gifts.
Learn how investment income from endowments can help fund your ministry for years beyond
the initial gift. Discover the wisdom of long-term gift planning and how adding even a small
percentage of income can make a significant difference in ministry.
2207
2208
Adam Lewis, Julie Keith
This presentation will cover the logistics of launching an immigrant legal ministry. We will
specifically discuss the requirements necessary for non-attorneys to obtain government
certification that allows them to practice immigration law.
The workshop explores issues of identity facing Black Nazarenes with reference to race, culture
and religion in America. It offers a pathway to self-understanding for Black Nazarenes that seeks
to be faithful to scripture, Nazarene tradition, reason and experience in the context of 21st
century America.
Beginning a ministry for children with special needs as a form of outreach to a part of the
demographic that less than 5% of churches are reaching. Insights and perspectives from special
needs parents and professionals. Nazarene Educators Worldwide is sponsoring this panel.
2209
Reaching Special Needs Children
2210
Comience Su Propio Ministerio de Daniel Herrera
Película JESÚS / Start Your Own
JESUS Film Outreach (This session
in Spanish only)
Venga y aprenda sobre las técnicas utilizadas por los ministerios de la Película JESÚS alrededor
del mundo y como pueden ser usadas para hacer evangelismo en la Región EEUU/Canadá.
Sponsored by JFHP.
2211
The Church's New Front Door
Brian Utter
Today's media landscape has completely changed. How does this affect the local church? This
workshop looks at ways to implement a simple media strategy to impact your community.
2215A
The Exceptional Leader
Stan Toler
2215B
Reading With Your Lips Moving:
Lessons for Reading Scripture in
Worship
Jay Richard Akkerman
Great leaders model their lives after men and women who achieve ministry success through
God's guidance, wisdom, integrity and fearless loyalty. Toler will unpack the 5 keys to
exceptional leadership as he shares life-changing stories about transformational leaders who
make a difference.
Historically, Christians have long affirmed the foundational role of Scripture in worship. But on
Sundays, how much time do we invest letting the Bible speak for itself today? In this workshop,
preachers and laypersons will discover the importance of reading the Bible well in the context of
worship; lessons on how to recruit and develop Scripture readers; and gain access to helpful
resources to strengthen the reading of Scripture in their local ministry settings.
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Room
2215C
Title
Developing a Health Ministry
through Parish Nursing
Disaster Response: How Districts
Can Prepare
Presenter(s)
Charlotte Evans, Loretta
Mansfield
George Sisler
Description
This workshop will provide tools that will assist in the development of a parish nurse ministry.
3501B
Wesleyans and Scripture: Four
Images
Brad Estep
This workshop will examine four images or metaphors through which Wesleyans may view the
place and purpose of the Bible. Attention will be drawn to the role of Scripture in pointing us
beyond itself to God and the revelation of God's salvific plan in Christ.
3501C
Reaching the State University
Campus
David Kyncl
3501D
Church Planter Best Practices
Thea Ardrey, Dave Hazel,
Matt Robinson
3501E
Loving Your Neighbors to Jesus
Joseph Knight
3501F
Strategic Principles for an Organic Howie Shute
Movement
3501G
Effective Evangelism for Small
Churches
Jason Matters
Creative ways to reach students on State University campuses may be as close as your dining
room table. This session will celebrate long-standing Nazarene campus ministries and present
emerging models to engage this strategic mission field, including partnerships with local
churches and compassionate ministry centers.
This workshop will be an interactive discussion of the best practices being used today in planting
a new church. The conversation will be co-facilitated by three pastors with planting experience
and who are currently planting.
Participants will learn practical do’s and don'ts for sharing the Good News of God’s love with
followers from non-Christian religious backgrounds.
The Church of the Nazarene has experienced an explosive church multiplication movement in
the Horn of Africa. This workshop will present observable and biblical strategic principles learned in Africa and applicable right here.
Do you feel like you cannot offer high-impact evangelistic programs because your church and
budget are too small? Discover how churches like yours are reaching their communities by
maximizing the strengths of small congregations. You will learn how to plan and advertise
events that will engage your unsaved friends and neighbors.
3501H
Leadership, Marketing & the
Church: Develop Exponential
Growth Through the Power of
Strategic Presence
Greg Hall, Brent Hofen
3501A
Later Repeat
Learn how people can help districts prepare in advance for disaster response. Prepare people
for works of service in response to all types of disasters. From capacity building to cleaning up
on sites, these practical principles will help the church serve and love her neighbors.
Learn valuable lessons from Greg Hall, Sr., Vice-President of General Merchandising at Walmart S6-3501H
and Brent Hofen, lead pastor at Mission Church as they share leadership and marketing
principles on the power of strategic presence. Prepare to position your church in your
community for exponential growth.
Workshop Session 6 (S6): 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Room
2102A
Title
God's Power Is in the Camp:
Spiritual and Financial Blessings
for Your District Camp
Presenter(s)
Anthony Haney
Description
Evidence from the past, proof in the present and hope for the future. God wants your district
camp to bear spiritual fruit and financially bless your district. Come and learn how this can
happen at your district camp.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2102B
Title
Family Celebrations
Presenter(s)
Trey Brooks
Description
Are you looking for ways to mark significant times in the life of the families in your church? Are
you looking for ways to help parents connect to each other? In this session we will explore how
we as the church can come alongside parents and encourage families through Family Faith
Celebrations.
These days it seems as if being a church leader requires you to carry the Bible in one hand and a
law treatise in the other. Michael Thompson, General Counsel for the Church of the Nazarene,
will lead an interactive workshop designed to answer your questions and provide helpful advice
about how to stay ahead of some of the most challenging legal issues for churches.
2103A
Staying Legal: Hot Topics in Church Michael Thompson
Law
2103B
The Culture and Significance of the Jesse Middendorf
Small Church
The majority of Nazarene churches are under 100 in membership. The small church has always
been the backbone of our denomination. What are the unique ways that small church ministry
can impact communities and provide valuable parish pastoral resources? How does ministry in
smaller churches compare to ministry in larger contexts? This workshop will highlight the
function and future of small church ministry.
2104A
The Mission on Our Doorsteps:
Matthew Soerens
Overcoming Barriers to Effectively
Engage Immigrant Communities
Immigration presents an unprecedented opportunity to “make disciples of all nations” right
within our own communities—but many Christians have reservations about immigrants,
particularly those without legal status, that keep them from these opportunities. In this
workshop, Matthew Soerens addresses many of the most common concerns with serving
immigrants, pointing to practical ways that churches can engage. Sponsored by NTS.
2104B
Gathered and Sent: Missional
Worship & the Life of the
Community
Jason Veach
2105
Theology of Person
Carl Leth, Carla Sunberg
2201
Dealing with Addictions
Marcia Mattoso
2202
Managing My Digital Footprint
Dean G. Blevins
This workshop will explore how to engage young adults (and others) in faithful and creative
Christian worship. Time will also be spent exploring how worship can be lived out beyond
Sunday through the life of missional communities. The presenter will draw on lessons learned
while planting a new congregation in Portland, OR, one of America's least churched cities.
Sponsored by NTS.
Carl Leth and Carla Sunberg will provide a theological overview/foundation out of which we
understand person within creation & creator, male & female, individual & community, and how
this shapes ministry.
Millions of Americans (Christians or not) are entangled by some sort of addiction: caffeine,
alcohol, cocaine, sex and many others. You will learn: The etiology, types, differences,
treatment, and addiction prevention (to self & others). You will also learn how to help someone
who is struggling with addictions.
Since social media exploded on the church scene, pastors and lay leaders post, tweet, upload.
How do we communicate positively in social media while protecting our ministry image? This
workshop addresses positive and negative consequences of social media, providing guidelines
to help leaders engage social media.
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Later Repeat
M15 Workshops
Room
2203
Title
Religious "Nones" in Canada and
the United States
Presenter(s)
Joel Thiessen
2204
Preparing Your Savings for
Retirement
An Investment Education
Consultant from Fidelity
Investments; Pensions and
Benefits USA Staff
2205
Financial Lifecycles: How You Can Don Lain
Meet Your Givers Where They're
At
Legacy Ministry: Maximizing the Mark Lail
Harvest of Legacy and Estate
Gifting
2206
2207
How to reach Jewish People with
the Good News of Yeshua
Jack Zimmerman
2208
Black, White and Red All Over
Victor A. Price
2209
Chaplaincy Ministry: A Growing
Opportunity
James Amos, Brian Burd,
Don Dunn, Will Haworth,
Chuck Robertson
2210
Oportunidades para Ministerios
Intergeneracionales /
Intergenerational Ministry
Opportunities (This session in
Spanish Only)
Daniel Herrera
2211
Reduce, Reuse, Redeem:
Environmental Outreach in the
Local Church
Michelle McLane, Megan
Goodwin
2215A
Self Awareness: The Leader’s Edge Norm Shoemaker
Description
Religious nones--those who indicate their church affiliation as "none" on religious surveys-- are
the fastest growing “religious group” in Canada and the United States. Who are they? How
should we understand them? How are religious nones similar or dissimilar in Canada versus the
United States? What sociological, theological, and practical insights can church leaders glean
from this information?
This workshop will help participants prepare for their approaching retirement. It will discuss
how to maximize savings while still in the workforce, how to determine what income and
expenses may look like in retirement, and the impact healthcare costs may have on retirement
savings. Finally, it will help participants consider how they might maximize their retirement
income sources.
The state of a person's finances can greatly impact their view on giving. Learn the financial
trends we cycle through in life and be prepared to approach your givers where they are at.
Designed for pastors, this session will outline a year-long plan for informing your congregation
about planned giving options to help fund both your local church and the ministries of the
Church of the Nazarene. You’ll receive ideas that you can implement in your church during each
month of the year.
Practical ways to share the Gospel specifically with Jewish people!
This workshop will address the lingering issue of Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder, its
contribution to the racial indifference and reconceptualization of love as a transforming art in
Reconstructing Redemptive Relationships.
Chaplaincy ministry offers a wide array of opportunities for pastoral work: military, reserves,
hospital, hospice, police and more. Many pastors are finding chaplaincy a helpful way to explore
bivocationalism, post-retirement options, or to expand community connections with their
church.
Tanto jóvenes como adultos mayores pueden compartir el evangelio en los cuatro extremos de
la tierra participando en un Viaje de Ministerio de Película JESÚS. La Gran Comisión es un
llamado multigeneracional! Conozca dónde puede participar su familia de la iglesia en
evangelismo práctico, equipar a personas nacionales para un ministerio de largo plazo, y regrese
a casa con un pasión por las misiones renovada. Sponsored by JFHP.
God calls us to be good stewards of the resources He has provided. Meet local pastors Aaron
Chelikowsky from Ohio, Stephen Campbell from California, and Douglas Webb from Alberta,
Canada, who have practiced marrying environmental stewardship with outreach in creative and
practical ways. Hear their stories and how you can use their ideas in your own community.
What do effective leaders share in common? The research is compelling--they are more selfaware! In this workshop we will explore how pastor-leaders can cultivate and develop this
essential leadership factor.
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M15 Workshops
Room
2215B
Title
Sabbath: Avoiding Starvation of
the Soul
Presenter(s)
Rhonda L. Carrim
Description
"Sabbath" is more than a day. Sabbath is foundational to conformity with the mind of Christ.
This workshop will explore Sabbath principles of (a) cease and rest, (b) trust, and (c)
remembrance and calling in order to assist participants in developing a theological framework
for Christian formation practices.
The plight of pornography has infected all segments and all levels of society. The church is not
immune to its influence. What can Christians do to combat this addictive moral and social
indignation at both corporate and individual fronts. This workshop will seek to understand the
influence and scope of pornography and look at ways to combat this malady in practical ways.
2215C
Pornography: More than an
Addiction
Todd Bowman, Dana Dahl
3501A
3501B
Compassion of Christ
Nazarene Identity: A Proposed
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Jay Height
Brad Estep
How can we live out our holiness, expressed through compassion.
This workshop will examine the familiar phrase: "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty,
and in all things charity," with specific attention given to soteriology.
3501C
Pluralistic Leadership
Philip Allred, Freddy Wright
Most people say they want to be a part of a team, but do they really mean it? Hear from two CoPastors giving helpful advice for traditional church staffs about Pluralistic Leadership. Are you
wanting to know how your staff can be a better team? Could Co-Pastoring be right for your
church or ministry? Join us for some great dialogue and discussion.
3501D
Mother Church Best Practices
An interactive discussion of the best practices being used today in “mothering” new churches.
3501E
Mental Illness: Handling
Fear...Faithfully Equipping
Ourselves
Virgil Askren, Stan Reeder,
Kevin Donley
Kiersten Adkins
3501F
Best Practices in Developing an
Organic Network
3501G
Nazarene Essentials
3501H
Leadership, Marketing & the
Church: Develop Exponential
Growth Through the Power of
Strategic Presence
1 in 4 individuals in America are facing a mental illness diagnosis; few will talk about it. Stigma
and fear have been paralyzing. This workshop is designed as an entry point to find the means to
more effectively minister to those who are ill, their families, and our communities.
Chuck Russ, Matt Price, Mark This session is designed to give you practical tools for training and communicating with leaders
Montgomery
in your organic network. It includes the use of online training through the Nazarene Organic
Church Network, Discipleship Place, and goTandem.com, as well as practical guidelines for
network leaders.
Frank Moore
Nazarene Essentials explains why the Church of the Nazarene exists as a worldwide Holiness and
Great Commission movement in the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. For clergy and laity, Nazarene
Essentials offers a way to better understand the church’s purpose of spreading scriptural
holiness and its mission to make Christlike disciples in the nations.
Greg Hall, Brent Hofen
Learn valuable lessons from Greg Hall, Sr., Vice-President of General Merchandising at Walmart
and Pastor Brent Hofen, lead pastor at Mission Church as they share leadership and marketing
principles on the power of strategic presence. Prepare to position your church in your
community for exponential growth.
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